How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
On September the eighth – surely one of the longest days I can remember – I informed everyone at the table that I wished to be excused to continue the reading that was so occupying me.
"What are you studying, my dear?" my mother asked nervously.
"Dr. Dillard's essay on patience, Mama."
"How very gratifying," she said. (22.182-22.185)
Charlotte pretends to be returning to her former course of education, but actually plans on returning to the Seahawk. How is the text she claims to be reading, an essay on patience, ironic?